Public Outreach

Public Service (sample)

• Member, Consumer Protection Advisory Committee of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada, 2022-2024
• ACORN Canada. Methodologist advising Research Project “The Growing Online High Cost Consumer Credit Arena and Its Impact on Lower-Income Consumers” 2019-2023
• Prosper Canada and Innovate Financial Health,  Advisory Board Member, Financial Health Accelerator Research Project; to examine the overall venture landscape, accelerator design, end-user needs and market implications of financial technology for financially vulnerable Canadians, 2019-2020

Op Eds (sample)

• “Civic engagement project has some critical limitations” The Toronto Star, April 29, 2021 p.A18 (Online as “Ideal candidates at risk of missing out on civic engagement project”)
• “The Financial Empowerment and Problem Solving Program is about to lose its funding. That’s a huge problem for those who need it most.” The Toronto Star, March 27, 2021
• Fair and Affordable Access to Basic Banking Services in 3 Easy Steps Burnett, Marva (President of ACORN), Jerry Buckland, Chris Robinson and Brenda Spotton Visano, ACORN News Posts June 2018